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, 1887-09-08

Talma used to go out of his way to get
into a passion when people talked to him
or the art of defamation, and he claimed,
quite rightly, that he acted and did not
declaim. Why should one not act CHINA,
Britannicus, Mithridate, leaving them the
human and simple character? Why
should not n pour ones blood, ones
own blood, into these statue like figuresf
81 like you" said Napoleon to Talma,
because you are always the parsonage
you represent. Pompey, Caesar, Angus
tus, that sly politician, can never have
resembled actors who are always on the
stage, and absorbed in getting themselves
%applauded. They used to speak, and not
TO declaim; and even at the tribune or AT
the head of armies they were orators,
and not actors. Look you, Talma,' .
added the emperor; ''you often come to
see me in the morning. You meet q
number Of people. There are ~princesses
who have been robbed of their lovers,
princes who have lost their dominions,
kings of yesterday whom war has brought
TO the top, victorious generals who are
hoping for or asking for crowns. There
are round me deluded ambitions, ardent
rivalries. ca~tastranhss, sorrows concealed
at the bottom OF the heart, Affections
which force their way into notice. Ger
tainly :::are is ptcaes of tragedy; my pal
ace is full Of It, end 1 myself am assu
redly the most tragic of the figures of the
time. Well, do you see us raise our ARM
in the air, study our gestures, assume at
titudes, affect airs of greatness2 Do yor
hear us utter cries? Doubtless no. w,
speak naturally, as each n speaks wheI
he is inspired by an interest or a passion
So did the people who, before us, occu
pied the worlds stage and also playeC
tragedy on the stage. These are the ex
amples to follow. London Athen@um
, 1887-09-08
A Sunrise on Mount Washington.

AS we sat around the glowing coal fire
in the office of the Summit house the
principal topic Of the evening was getting
up to see the sun rise. Some intended to
stay awake all night to make sure of it;
others would doze in a chair; still others
would depend on their friends to arouse
them. But the proprietor lifted a load
from all hearts by saying that at $3.50 a
bell would be rung. "Did he say 3:302"
asked ansjncredulous lady. "Why, the
sun doesn't rise until 4:45." ''But we're
living on n higher plane now" said an
other, and there is more sunshine"
The bellringer kept his word, and at
the appointed time there was much
%scrambling and hasty preparation, and
o quite a respectable company, wrapped
in shawls and overcoats, were pacing the
platform as OF a winter morning. A faint
red on the horizon told us where to direct
our gaze. Bars of thin clouds began to
take on more pronounced %colors; heralds
of the coming light streamed toward the
zenith; a thin, low mist, which had
shaped its way through the winding val
ley, became golden. We all stood silent
in the excitement of expectation.
Just at 4:10 the spell was broken.
Here it comesl' some one shouted, as a
rim of gold came over the horizons edge,
and presently the massive oblong hung
suspended before our eyes. But the
grandest scenic effects were now behind
US. 1t was a sight beautiful beyond de-
scription, as peak after peak caught the
light and passed it on. All colors were
playing on these hills, from the negative
shadow to the richest tints of purple and
opaline. Every lake became a surface of
silver; the roofs and spires of the sur
rounding villages glistened. So clear and
brilliant a sunrise, we were told, had not
been seen this summer.-The Congrega-
tiOnalist
, 1887-09-08

LUCKY B., who died at Sheepshead
bay, was a 7-year. old bay stallion, and
was bred on Mr.. Baldwin's farm in Cali
fornia. He has won Mr.. Baldwin $50, 900
since he has been on the turf, and was EN-
tered for the New York handicap last
week. He was not in condition, however,
and probably would have been scratched.
Lucky B. first distinguished himself by
winning the stake for 2year-old colts in
Chicago. AS a 3-year old he made the
running record, a mile heat in l:42. He
stayed on the Pacific slope all that year,
but came east as a ~4-year-old and raced
for the first time at Sheepshead bay. do.
ing some good work. AS a 5-year-old he
won the California cup and last year he
won eleven out of the twenty-five races
in which he entered, including the Louis
vile cup, the st. Louis Brewers cup, the
Washington park cup at Chicago, and
the Morrissey stakes. He made two
miles in 1881, with ll9 pounds, at
Saratoga last year, and won the May
flower handicap at Sheepshead bay the
same season, and also a mile and a fur
long race at Sheepshead bay in 2:40t.
This year he has done little. He was a
long distance horse, and had no use for a
race short of a mile.
, 1887-09-08

The Demand for Chestnut Signs"
at doesn't matter how poor trade may
be-" remarked a Bowery sign painter, al
can always find plenty to keep me en-
ployed. There is a steady demand for
what we call chestnut signs such as
Selling Out, Bargains, ETC., 30 during
the dull season / fill in my time on them.
Every sign painter who does anything OF
a business keeps an assortment of these
signs in stock. They are very convenient
to a man who is in a hurry, and often
save the painter the annoyance of break
ing of in the middle of a job to letter a
small sign. We can afford to sell these
stock signs at less than the regular price,
and that often determines a man to take
one, even though it is a little different
from what he wants. Once in q while
we run across a fastidious customer or
crank, but the majority of people are
easy to please, and after giving us an
idea of what they want they leave the rest
to us.
1.-The most difficult crank to deal with
is the one who selects his own style of
lettering. He has generally such an
abominable taste that the letters he Sc
lects can never be made to harmonic,
but to tell him so is to lose his custom.
~ "HJ JNo ~ ~ LtehJ DNNJ GU
tered signs.
Here's one Of the most peculiar
things about stock signs" continued the
painter, producing a package of builders
signs. "You will notice that they are
packed five together, three For Sale and
two Sold They are used for what is
called sailing a row, and are put up be-
fore the houses are finished. The builder
who originated the idea was a good
judge of human nature, and knew
that a nest egg would take in the
public as well as a stupid old hen.
This is the way people argue: why,
two of those houses are sold already.
They must be IN excellent investment. l
guess III buy one before they are all
gone.' The agent often makes a good
thing out of the deception. Some people
have such contrary dispositions that the
only house in the row that will suit them
is the one marked sold The agent
pretends he may be able to induce the
fictitious purchaser to take one of the
other houses for a consideration. After
much apparent trouble negotiations are
effected, and the willy agent chuck1es
over the foible of human nature that puts
a few hundred dollars in his pocket. -
New York Evening Sun.
, 1887-09-08

TO-DAY and tomorrow will be the big
days of the fair. The attendance yester-
day was made up largely of visitors, most
of whom. it is safe TO say, thoroughly en-
joyed the occasion. The racing exhibit
ton was not as good as it was expected
to be, but there will be no chance for dis
appointment either to day or tomorrow.
, 1887-09-08

The Wyoming university opens its first
season with five professors, two tutors
and forty twoastudeuts. Among the
latter, one comes from Michigan. one
from New York, one from Kentucky, one
from Nebraska and two from Colorado.
The university promises to be unusually
prosperous even in its first year.
, 1887-09-08

Ex-MAYoR TRADING, of Laramie,
placed a fine exhibit of home manufac-
tured concentrated I've at the fair grounds
yesterday. No better evidence of the
growing Importance of Laramie's manu-
features could be produced.
, 1887-09-08

The tide in the st. Johns river at
Palatka flows up the bottom of the river
that is, the water at the bottom of the
stream is the saltiest of sea water, while
at the surface the water is fresh and
sweet. 1t is a curious thing to see the
fishermen hauling fresh water bass out
of the stream at one depth. while salt sea
crabs are brought up from the bottom in
the shad nets, Palatka is eighty miles
above Jacksonville at that.-Chicago
News.
, 1887-09-08
INITIATED BLOOD.
S%crofuIOus, Inherited, and Conta
gious HumOrs Cured by Cuticura.

THROUGH the medium of one of your
books received through Mr.. Frank I.
Wray, druggist, Apollo, Pa, | became
acquainted with your Cuticura Remedies,
and take this opportunity to testify to you
that their use has permanently cured me
of one of the worst cases of blood poison
ing, in connection with erysipelas, that |
have ever seen, and this after having been
pronounced incurable by some of the best
physicians in our county. L take great
pleasure in forwarding to you this testi-
monial, ms solicited as it is by you, in order
that others suffering from similar maladies
may be encouraged to give your Cuticura
Remedies a trial.
P. S. Whitlinger, Leechburg, Pa.
Reference: Frank T. Wray, Druggist,
Apollo. Pa. -
, 1887-09-08
Ladies will find relief from headach.

Ladies will find relief from headache,
costiveness, swimming in the head, collie,
sour stomach. restlessness, indigestion,
constant or periodical sick headaches,
weakness in the back or kidneys, pain in
the shoulders and different parts of the
body, a feeling of lassitude'or dependency
by taking Simmonsi Liver Regulator.
1t is not unpleasant. is purely vegetable,
and is not injurious to the most delicate
constitution.
, 1887-09-08

The Buffalo Echo prints a column of
congratulation over the presence of silver,
iron and platinum in the Big Horn noun
tains. All OF these minerals will be
worked, it is claimed, much to the ad-
vantage OF Buffalo and johnson county.
, 1887-09-08

THE Charity fair at Keefe hall in aid of
the Ladies Relief association. deserves
the generous patronage of every citizen
of Cheyenne. The help of every one
should be extended to make it a great
financial success.
, 1887-09-08

THERE is a hearty frankness about all
of President Cleveland's public utter
ances. With him words are not used to
conceal his thoughts, but are vehicles to
express them. The interview with him
published yesterday morning hasa straight
forward tone to it that commends it to
every dlsinterested reader.
, 1887-09-08

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
LAYS the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy fer diarrhea. twenty-five
cents q bottle.
, 1887-09-08

AMONG its other ills Manitoba is suffer
ing from a wife famine. This is perhaps
one of the reasons why it so loudly clamors
for railroad communication with other
sections where the preponderance of
males over females is not so great. 1t
may be probable that the Manitobans do
not know when they are happy.
, 1887-09-08

When you are constipated, with loss of
appetite. headache. take one ofDr. j. III.
Nc Leans Little Liver and Kidney Pillets.
They are pleasant to take and will cure
you. IS cents vial.
, 1887-09-08

THE Sun hastens to assure the public
that nothing whatever was known about
the Mccoy verdict until yesterday morn
ing. 1t is pretty safe to assert that
nothing whatever was known by the Sun.
, 1887-09-08
sCnOFULOUs. IaEEnIrED.

And contagious humors, with loss of hair,
and eruptions of the skin, are positively
cured by Cuticura and Cuticura Soap ex-
ternally, and Cuticura Resolvent inter
nally, when all other remedies fail. Send
for pamphlet.
Cuticura Remedies are sold everywhere.
Price: Cuticura, the Great Skin Cure, SOC;
Cuticura Soap, and Exquisite Beautifer,
25c; Cuticura Resolvent, the New Blood
Purifier, 81. Potter Drug and Uemicd
Co., Boston. Mass.
PIMPLES, blackheads, skin blemishes,
! and baby hnmors use Cuticura Soap.
, 1887-09-08
"sCHOFULOUs ULCERS.

james L. Richardson, custom house,
New Orleans, on oath says: "In 1870
scrotulous ulcers broke out on my body
until | was a mass of corruption. Every
thing known to the medical faculty was
tried In vain. | became a mere wreck.
At times could not lift my hands to my
head, could not turn in bed; was in con-
slant pain and looked upon life as a curse.
No relief or cure in ten years. In 1880 |
heard of the Cuticura Remedies, used
them, and was perfectly cured"
Sworn to before U. S. Com. j. D.
, 1887-09-08

| have moved my office to Draper,
Organ & Co. 3, and request all those in,
debted TO me to call in at once and settle,
either by cash or approved notes.
GEO. A.. DRAPER.
, 1887-09-08
Dr. Wagner c..
sFnO1ALrsra

We offer no apology for deyOtIng so much time
ana attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases believing that no condition of humanity
Is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best
services OF the profession to which we belong
the physician who devotes himself
70 relieving the afflicted and saving
mem from worse than death, is no less a
tha1 the surgeon or physician who by close APP
pllcatlon eXcels in any other branch OF his pro-
iession. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
is dawning when the false phIiSnthrophy that
condemned the victims OF folly or crime, like
the iepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
Tor, has passed AWAY,
, 1887-09-08
a Pair of Political Lions.


TVNs IVNE3 ItFUUINNHsI
Conkling and Edmunds are to appear
as opposing counsel before the Interstate
commerce commission. Here is an oppor-
tunity for the commission to turn an
honest penny by charging an admission
foe
, 1887-09-08
4 way the Grand Old Man Has.


The Duke of Argyll says that Gladstone
astonishes and pains him. This is lust
the way Gladstone affects the Tory lead
ers whenever he dusts the floor with
them.
, 1887-09-08
DINE OF THE WORST CASES.

We have been selling your Uuticura
Remedies for years and have the first
complaint vet to receive from a purchaser.
One of the worst cases of scrofula | ever
saw was cured by the use of FIVE bottles OF
Cuticura Resolvent, Cuticura, and Cuti-
cura Soap. The soap takes the cake
here as a medicinal soap.
Taylor & Taylor, Druggists,
Frankfort, Kan.
, 1887-09-08
PITH IN
Made John Smile.

Philadelphia Times.l
Sherman's comment on Foraker's
Wheeling antics was a smile that made
the Ohio dawn look dark.
, 1887-09-08
The Bears Paw strikes at the Lily.

The Russian papers are calling France
hard names, which shows hat the car
wants to borrow money in Germany.
, 1887-09-08

DOnnelly EnIIghtens the Pork-Packers.
Syracuse Herald
Now that Chicago learns there was a
great mar named Bacon she will of course
desire to adorn her stock yards with a
statue OF him.
, 1887-09-08

Warranty deeds at The Leader office.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-14

Mrs. Stewart gave $25, 900 instead OF
the $4,000 at first demanded. The bar
gain was made through lawyer who
seemed to have no other briefs and who
probably got good fraction Of the swag.
THE ghouls insisted that the money
should be delivered to them on q lonely
hill in Westchester county at dead of
night. Thither, In accordance with their
directions, relative of Mrs. Stewart jour
neyed alone in wagon which he drove
himself. At "a spot in the country road,
which had not been designated or de-
scribed, the driver was suddenly halted by
q masked horseman. This mysterious
messenger led him through q by-lane to
the hill top, where, after certain precau-
tons to insure their safety, they received
the S25. 600, examined it and then dragged
q bag of bones from another buggy near
by and surrendered it to the keeping of
the solitary traveller. Before they disap-
peared down the side of the hill they com
nanded him, on the peril of his life, to
turn about and descend the other slope
The next night the bones were COM
mitted to the vault under the great
cathedral at Garden City, which had al
ready been connected by secret wire
with chime of bells sure to ring and
alarm the town If 1t was disturbed. So
now the remains of the great merchant
millionaire and those of his patient, en-
during, frugal and affectionate wife of 60
years lie side by side.-Croffut's Letter
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-14

And how few persons who can devote
but an hour or halfan hour day to read
ing and study take due thought as to how
they can make the most of their little leis-
ure They read in desultory way what
ever comes TO hand, and think that if they
had more time for books they would soon
become much better informed. Eut the
half hour a day, if used in the wisest man
ner. would make vast difference in ones
mental growth as the months and years
glide by.
An incident occurs TO me that well il
lutrates this a pretty maiden hair fern
growing in flower pot was given to a
young girl hopelessly i'll with spinal dis
ease. 1t proved thing of beauty and Of
inexhaGstible interest, as the delicate,
graceful fronds came up one by one and
slowly uncuTled. There was little pot
beside the fern and under its spreading
fronds in which grew an aloe. BY and by
the sick girl noticed in the little pot some
tiny ferns scarce an inch high quite un-
like the maiden hair. Whence came theys
Her interest was aroused. She was no
botaniSt, but she wanted to learn some
thing about ferns She could use her eyes
for reading but five minutes at a
time and not more than twice day. 4
book on ferns came to her, and another
and another. Friends, knowing her in
tereSt in ferns, brought them to her fresh
and green from the woods or sent her
pressed specimens of rare varieties gath
cred in distant lands. Sometimes visitor
would read to her from one of her precious
books, but only for four or five minutes.
II cannot remember more at a time she
would say, "and you have read enough
for me 10 think about for long time
1t is now some years since the maiden
hair fern was given to her, and she has be-
come an authority as to the species and
culture OF ferns and is an enthusiast in
regard to them. 1t is true that she has
become edcuated in one direction only,
| and is not particularly well informed in
| other respects. But is it not great gain
that she should talk about her ferns and
| their wonderful method of reproduction,
awakening her listeners interest and
teaching them many things worth remem.
bering rather than to dwell chiefly on hel
pains and pTiyations; 1t is many years
since she was able TO step out of doors
but when you are with her you do not
think of her as an invalid so interested
and interesting is she.-Boston Tran
| script.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-14
ASSEMBLY FORTY-NlNE BEATEN.
The Last Order Not Obeyed by the Men
A Concession from Corbin.

"A Concession from Corbin.
New YORK, Feb ia The attempt Of As.
sembly 40 to continue the strike on the piers
and coal roads fell fat Friday when the
brewers and engineers refused to obey the
order to go out. As stated in these dispatches
yesterday there was great doubt whether the
order would be obeyed, and this was made a
certainty on Friday. All the brewers had
pledged themselves to their employers not to
go out on a strike in recognition of certain
concessions in wages made some time ago,
and they would not break faith.
The stationary engineers refused point
blank to obey the order. At the headquart-
ers of the assembly Friday morning the re-
ports of delegates who had been sent out to
see what steps the engineers were taking in
the matter of obeying the order, reported
that the men refused to quit work A nun.
Der of 'iongshoremen stood around the head
quarters AMI several of them openly declared
that they would go to work unless more
financial aid from their union was granted
A similar opinion was expressed by other
men.
On Friday night Assembly ~ announced
that Mr.. Austin Corbin, having promised to
luliioii WI n ut Nslulil Il Nbtk
at 22l@ cents per hour the strike Is declared
of. The balance of the strikers are ordered
to return to work Monday.
This order. it seems, will be somewhat diff
fl cult TO obey also, as the situation at the
piers and railway freight stations is not fa-
vorable to the taking back of the men-that
is, not all Of them. In some instances the
men Friday applied to be taken back and
their application was refused, the employers
saying that they had enough men and they
would keep faith with those whom they had
employed to fill the places of the strikers
They say the work is proceeding as evenly
and rapidly now as before the strike, and
freight is being handled, both on the piers
and at the railway stations, wi thout delay.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-14

0, how pleasant and easy to take is
Burk's White Pine balsan The great
est cough remedy in the world. 1t is
sold on positive guarantee. therefore
give it thorough and impartial trial.
Burk's White Pine balsam is the only
safe. sure and speedy remedy for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung diseases.
Sold BY Hsr,z 6 Bahnsen at SO cents a
bottle Pleasant to take
Hartz & Bahnsen are selling a medi-
cine for coughs and colds which is no
doubt the best family medicine ever in
troduced 1t is not made to cure every
disease, but is all the more valuable on
that account. 1t is known rs Burk s
White Pine balsam.
The pain suffered by those who are
afflicted with dyspepsia is indescrioable.
The reliet that is given by the use of Lit
tie Apricot pills has caused many to be
thankful for these little pills" For
sale by Hsrtz & Bahnsen.
Burk's White Pine balsam is the stand,
ard remedy for coughs and colds Hartz
& Bahnsen says they have found amixture
they can sell on its merits. They guarantee
to the public Burk's White Pine balsam
as sure for coughs. colds and lung
| troubles.
Cresslers Wild Rose tooth powder, the
best tooth preserver known. Ask your
druggist about it before purchasing any
other
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-14
What Stanley Has Done.

The Staney. however, who has executed
the feat of putting Africa together like q
puzzle as it never was put together before
has become a man something like As or 50
years old. | should think. 1t is said here
that when he first went out he expected
to marry a rich, young and stylish woman
in New York. Before he returned, how
ever, she had taken husband, and | see
her every now and then at the seaside
places with her husband, whois an atten-
tive man, while her children have grown
up to be big and hearty and some of them
are perhaps now marriageable. If Stan
ley 4 remained around the newspaper
offices of New York getting silly orders to
go here and there, these very orders in
tended perhaps to break him up and de-
stroy his self respect and continuity, we
should now be looking at a very ordinary
fragment or has been
His feat of descending the Congo from
the sources of the Nile or thereabouts to
the Atlantic ocean marked his recognition
by a higher range of people. He told US
at the Lotos club that it was Edwin
Arnold, the poet, author Of The Light of
Asia" who prevailed on Mr.. Levy. the
Hebrew who owns The London Telegraph,
to offer Stanley the task and the money.
Levy concluded he would undertake it if
Bennett would come in. lie telegraphed
Bennett, who replied after hesitation that
he would help. So these two newspapers,
one in New York and one in London, sent
Stanley to do that work which was better
done than any work has ever been done
in Africa by any other traveller. Man
kind owes to the newspaper organization
its knowledge to-day of the route of
the river Congo and the consequent at
tempts to make trade and TO galvanize and
civilize Africa. But after that feat Mr.
Stanley was probably done for as news
paper correspondent. The two news
papers naturally did not much agree.
The paper which had first sent Stanley
out probably had kind of grudge that
somebody else had appreciated him.
There are some newspapers in this world
where you are just as unsafe by being
magnificent as by being q failure.
sc lthn in Boston Globe.